The latest bipartisan spending deal would fund the departments of Commerce, Commerce, Energy, Interior and Justice, as well as the Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Forest Service, NASA and other agencies through Sept. 30.

Major takeaways for federal agencies from the latest bipartisan spending package

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From Ambition to Action: Modernizing Federal Healthcare IT

Federal healthcare modernization is at a tipping point—discover how interoperability and AI can break data silos and power a secure, connected, mission-ready health ecosystem.

Management

Trump administration agrees to drop anti-DEI criteria for stalled health research grants

The Health and Human Services Department will allow the National Institutes of Health to resume considering current research grant applications while legal challenges over the Trump administration's new grant funding criteria play out in court.

Tech

BEAD changes broke the law, federal watchdog finds

The Government Accountability Office found that last summer’s tweaks to the program should be submitted to Congress for approval before they can take effect.

Workforce

ICE more than doubled its workforce in 2025

The Trump administration has reconfigured its onboarding and training process to quickly deploy agents into the field.

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From Ambition to Action: Modernizing Federal Healthcare IT

Learn how federal healthcare agencies use interoperability and AI to modernize securely, overcome legacy systems, and strengthen care coordination and public health readiness.

Tech

Trump’s cuts to the civil service undermine new tech internship push, good government group argues

The goal of the administration’s new internship program is to recruit 200 students for tech-focused internships.

Pay & Benefits

Domestic TSP funds falter to close out 2025

Most portfolios within the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program were flat last month.

Breaking News Defense

US spy agencies contributed to operation that captured Maduro

The CIA helped locate the Venezuelan leader while others monitored electronic communications.

Management

DOGE was government contracting's biggest story of 2025 — and it's not close

COMMENTARY | Contract cancellations, exaggerated savings claims and consulting contract reviews dominated our most-read stories of the year.

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Workforce

Report: Federal statistical system needs help to meet its ‘basic mission’ in the face of upheaval

Statistical agencies have lost scores of staff under the Trump administration, threatening their ability to meet their mission, according to a new report from the American Statistical Association.

Management

Research confirms it: Happy workers are more productive

COMMENTARY | If agencies want to improve their performance, worker satisfaction and engagement would be a proven strategy to add to the mix.

Management

Controlling ratings inflation is a good idea...but a forced distribution isn’t

COMMENTARY | OPM's plan to corral inflated performance ratings should also be mindful not to undercut employee excellence with arbitrary limits on recognition.

Oversight

Office of Special Counsel resumes Hatch Act enforcement against former feds for violations during their service

The agency had paused filing Hatch Act complaints against such individuals pending a Merit Systems Protection Board decision on the jurisdiction of former federal employees.

Workforce

The twists and turns of Trump’s 2025 war on unions

Since returning to office, the Trump administration has engaged in a series of efforts to sideline labor representatives within the federal government.

Defense

Pentagon preps to enforce ban on companies with ‘indirect’ ties to China

Defense firms will be notified of potential links to blacklisted Chinese-military companies a year before the contracting ban goes into effect, the assistant defense secretary for industrial policy said.

Tech

Senate adjourns without confirming CISA director

Sean Plankey’s nomination faltered as lawmakers ran out the clock after a tumultuous year of workforce reductions. The cyberdefense agency enters the new year without a permanent leader as the White House finalizes a sweeping national cyber strategy.

Defense

Pentagon will cough up summaries of 3 years of safety investigations, per NDAA

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., pushed for the disclosure amid rise in military aviation mishaps.

Workforce

Supreme Court won’t halt judge’s probe into civil service laws’ virility, for now

The unsigned order, which prompted no public dissents, suggested the Trump administration could return to the high court if the federal district court’s factfinding mission commences before justices consider whether to formally take on the case.

Workforce

GSA backs off planned layoffs within its technology team after court order

The Technology Transformation Services has lost 67% of its staff since Jan. 25.

Workforce

CISA opens 100 applications for CyberCorps students

Earlier hiring snags had forced the scholarship program to pause recruitment of top student talent for cyber jobs.